Macs Have Decimated Windows PCs In Business

The Mac has gone from that hippy-dippy device artists use to the button-down world of business with more than one-in-ten corporate computers sporting the Apple logo.

Two buzzwords you’ll want to learn when talking about the Mac’s advances into the corporate realm: the “consumerization” of the company IT and BYO, or “Bring Your Own” device. “Empowered workers attracted to BYO device programs are quickly coming to expect Mac and iOS support,” Forrester analyst Ben Gray says.

Between April 2010 and March 2011, Mac OS X in business to 11 percent, up from 9.1 percent, according to the analyst firm.

The iPad has become a corporate “halo” of sorts for Apple, opening the door for Macs to replace Windows-based computers. Although nearly 90 percent of companies use a Microsoft OS, the majority are running Windows XP. Little wonder then that employees are pushing the “consumerization” of the enterprise, pressuring companies to adopt the faster, more agile Mac OS or iOS used at home.

Forrester polled 400,000 client computers and 2,500 companies.

How many of you guys are using Macs in your businesses? How many have seen Macs start creeping into enterprise?